We know that in "English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers" by Charles E. Banks, she was called Mrs. Ellen Newton, widow, when at age 25, in the year 1623, she emigrated from England to America on the ship Anne. By the time of the 1627 division of land and cattle in Plymouth, MA, she was married to John Adams who came from England to Plymouth, MA, in the Fortune in 1621. John Adams died in 1633 leaving his widow, Ellen, and at least one son, James Adams.

Mrs. Ellen Newton arrived at Plymouth abt. July 10, 1623 on the "Anne", Wm. Pierce, Master (Banks: "English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrims"; also, Banks: "Planters of the Commonwealth"; also, Bradford: "History of Plimmoth Plantation, I, 314-). She subsequently m. John Adams who died in 1633. In June, 1634, she m. Kenelm Winslow ("Family of John Adams of Plymouth", NEHGR 33:410). It is thought that Ellen/Elinor may have been the daughter of Peter Worden, Sr. who died at Yarmouth, Mass. in 1638. It is, however, clear ??? that she was married 3 times (Newton, Adams, Winslow).

Came to Plymouth on the ship "anne" 1623 the Anne was the second (or third, unclear) ship to the Plymouth Colony and also bore the wives and children of many of the settlers. The ship Anne arrived in Plymouth in July, 1623 accompanied by the Little James, bringing new settlers along with many of the wives and children that had been left behind in Leyden when the Mayflower departed in 1620.

We know that in "English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers" by Charles E. Banks, she was called Mrs. Ellen Newton, widow, when at age 25, in the year 1623, she emigrated from England to America on the ship Anne. By the time of the 1627 division of land and cattle in Plymouth, MA, she was married to John Adams who came from England to Plymouth, MA, in the Fortune in 1621. John Adams died in 1633 leaving his widow, Ellen, and at least one son, James Adams.

Mrs. Ellen Newton arrived at Plymouth abt. July 10, 1623 on the "Anne", Wm. Pierce, Master (Banks: "English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrims"; also, Banks: "Planters of the Commonwealth"; also, Bradford: "History of Plimmoth Plantation, I, 314-). She subsequently m. John Adams who died in 1633. In June, 1634, she m. Kenelm Winslow ("Family of John Adams of Plymouth", NEHGR 33:410). It is thought that Ellen/Elinor may have been the daughter of Peter Worden, Sr. who died at Yarmouth, Mass. in 1638. It is, however, clear ??? that she was married 3 times (Newton, Adams, Winslow).

Came to Plymouth on the ship "anne" 1623 the Anne was the second (or third, unclear) ship to the Plymouth Colony and also bore the wives and children of many of the settlers. The ship Anne arrived in Plymouth in July, 1623 accompanied by the Little James, bringing new settlers along with many of the wives and children that had been left behind in Leyden when the Mayflower departed in 1620.

The First Settlers of New England, John Farmer, Reprinted with corrections by Samuel G. Drake, (Originally published: Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1829, Reprinted with additions and corrections from "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register", Vol 1, No. 2 (April 1847), Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1001 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202, 1964, 1969, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1998, ISBN 0-8063-0108-2), Page 11 -------------------- Eleanor or Ellen Newton Adams was a young widow of 25 when she immigrated. Said to be the daughter of Peter Wordon, Sr. Came on the Anne, in 1623. Another place she is said to have come on the Fortune in 1621, and was widow of John Adams, and married second Kenelm Winslow. Both come from Hanks, The English Ancestry of the Pilgrim Fathers, p. 105, 119. -------------------- Life in New England: John Adams came to Plymouth Colony aboard the Fortune in November 1621. Ellen Newton (also called Helen and Elinor) arrived in the summer of 1623, either aboard the Anne or Little James. The division of cattle of May 1627 listed “John Adams”“Eliner Adams” and “James Adams;” i has therefore long been assumed that John married Ellen Newton as she was the only woman of that name in the colony. The family stayed in Plymouth where John became a freeman. Family: John Adams married Ellen Newton about 1625 in Plymouth. They had three children before his death in 1633. Elinor married (2) Kenelm Winslow in June 1634 and had four children. She was buried December 5, 1681, in Marshfield, “being 83 years old". Children of John and Elinor Adams: • James was born before May 22, 1627. He married Frances Vassall in Scituate in 1646 and had five children. The family last appeared in the Plymouth records April 8, 1657, and they may have moved to Massachusetts Bay Colony. Francis Adams was awarded 150 acres of land by the Massachusetts General Court in 1673, so they were living in New England at that time. • John was born after May 22, 1627. He married (1) Jane James in Marshfield on December 27, 1654, and had three children. The family moved to Flushing, New York after June 1660. He married (2) Elizabeth _____ before December 10, 1666, and had at least one child, and possibly twelve. • Susan was born after May 22, 1627. She was referred to in the 1633 settlement of her father’s estate, but there is no further record. Children of Kenelm and Elinor Winslow: • Kenelm was born about 1635. He married (1) Mercy Worden by 1668 and had seven children. He married (2) Damaris Eames by 1693 and had four children. He died on November 11, 1715 • Ellen was born about 1636. She married Samuel Baker on December 20, 1656, in Marshfield and had eight children. She died in August 1676. • Nathaniel was born about 1639. He married Faith Miller on August 3, 1664, in Marshfield and had eight children. He died on December 1, 1719. • Job was born about 1641. He married Ruth _____ by 1674 and had thirteen children. He died on July 14, 1720.